Owaisi secures Hyderabad seat with record margin; expresses gratitude to voters

Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 4 : All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi won the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency by a margin of 3,38,087 votes.
Owaisi got 6,61,981 votes, defeating BJP's Madhavi Latha who received 3,23,894 votes.
During a press conference, Owaisi expressed gratitude to the people for granting a "historic success" to his party.
"I would like to thank the people as they have given success to Majlis for the fifth time. I would like to thank the people of Hyderabad, especially the youth, women, and first-time voters who have given a historic success to the AIMIM party," Owaisi said.
This was the first time that the BJP had fielded a female candidate from the Hyderabad constituency.
In Telangana's 17 Lok Sabha seats, the BJP has secured three seats and is leading in five. Congress has clinched two seats and is currently leading in six.
Meanwhile, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by the BJP is ahead in 290 seats, while the INDIA bloc is leading in 235 seats, indicating significant gains for the latter, according to the latest trends.
The Congress, which secured only 52 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, is currently leading in 99 seats, while the BJP is ahead in 239 seats.
The BJP had won a majority on its own in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls, securing 282 seats in 2014 and improving its tally to 303 seats in the 2019 elections.
Setting a target of winning 370 seats in the 2024 general elections, the BJP-led NDA, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, contested the Lok Sabha elections for a third consecutive term in office. The polls were held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1.